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## Warnings

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## Title

    [OpenAI Agents JS Realtime] Session start fails: duplicate Realtime tool/handoff names, or tools using outputSchema / programmatic callers

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): The Realtime API supports a narrower tool surface than Responses; names share one namespace.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - with outputSchema. Function tool outputSchema is only supported with the Responses API.
    - Programmatic Tool Calling is only supported with the Responses API.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-agents-js/fdaf0a66ca6e9d89498909ad7cf64745630e8afb/packages/agents-realtime/src/tool.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Realtime tool conversion throws for duplicates, outputSchema and programmatic-callers tools with these messages.
    
    Search phrasings: realtime agent duplicate tool handoff name; Realtime does not support function tool outputSchema; openai realtime agents programmatic tool calling not supported
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "connect() throws UserError listing an unsupported or duplicated tool.",
      "context": "Product: OpenAI Agents SDK (JavaScript/TypeScript)\nComponent: @openai/agents-realtime tool conversion\nOperation: RealtimeSession.connect() with agent tools\nAffected versions: observed in @openai/agents source at version 0.18.0; introduction version unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: UserError\nPackages: @openai/agents source at 0.18.0 (main fdaf0a6)\nTrigger: Reusing an Agent built for text Runner (with outputSchema tools or allowedCallers 'programmatic') as a RealtimeAgent, or naming a tool and a handoff the same.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "Realtime function tool and handoff names must be unique. Rename one of them before starting the session."
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## Support assessment

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